Avril Lavigne donates musical instruments to kids

Los Angeles: Singer Avril Lavigne has donated musical instruments to a children`s hospital in California.

Lavigne went to the Mattel Children`s hospital in Ucla, California, last month and took some musical instruments along with her for the children to learn while they recover, reports contactmusic.com. The 27-year-old singer and her musician pal Evan Taubenfeld helped teach their young proteges the basics. Lavigne shared her excitement on Twitter. "EvanT giving impromptu guitar lesson (at) UclaHealth Mattel Children`s! We just donated instruments 2 them (sic)," she tweeted. "Thank you EvanT for helping The Avril Foundation donate instruments (at) Ucla Health Mattel Children`s," she added. Lavigne had earlier visited the facility in April, and had met the kids in the wards and even performed for them. IANS